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400 Years of the Telescope

Field	Value
name	400 Years of the Telescope
image	400 Years of the Telescope poster.jpg
director	Kris Koenig
producer	Kris Koenig
Dan Koehler
writer	Donald Goldsmith
Albert van Helden
Kris Koenig
narrator	Neil deGrasse Tyson
music	Mark Slater
cinematography	Scott Stender
editing	Kimberly Generous White
studio	Interstellar Media Productions
distributor	PBS
released
runtime	60 minutes
country	United States
language	English

Dan Koehler Albert van Helden Kris Koenig 400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought is a 2009 American documentary film that was created to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Directed by Kris Koenig, it chronicles the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo and features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from around the world, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's first use of the telescope to view the moons of Jupiter, to the latest discoveries in space, including new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy, a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.

Cast

Actors

Han Beekman
Mavt Steketee
Stefano Lecci
Herman Boerman
Irma Hartog
Hallam Murray
Nils Koenig
Madison Royal

;Galileo voices

Stefano Lecci
Francesca Giannini

Production

The film's development team included Donald Goldsmith, a well-known astronomy writer on the Carl Sagan Cosmos team, and Albert Van Helden, a leading authority on the history of the telescope. It was shot on RED Digital Cinema at the world's leading universities and observatories including the European Southern Observatory, Institute for Astronomy, SETI Institute, Space Telescope Science Institute, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and Harvard University. Among the production team's challenges were shooting the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) at 5000m on the Atacama Desert. The original score was composed by Mark Slater and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

Broadcast and release details

400 Years of the Telescope premiered at the 213th meetings of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Long Beach, California, on January 6, 2009.
The film was later shown to a national audience by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on April 10, 2009.
It was selected for screening at several film festivals in 2009, including the Jacksonville Film Festival in Jacksonville, Florida and the Urban Suburban Film Festival in Philadelphia.

Awards

;30th Annual Telly Awards

Silver - Excellent achievement in videography/cinematography
Bronze (3) - Outstanding achievement in use of animation, copywriting and the documentary over all

;SCINEMA 2009

Best Director

;2009 W3 Awards

Silver Winner: Website Design (Michael Moretti)

References

Winners]
Winners]
[http://www.csiro.au/scinema/program/films.html#400 Scinema 2011. Travelling Program]
[https://www.w3award.com W3 Awards. Home]

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